苦
kǔ
bitter
hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
这种药很苦，小孩子不喜欢吃。
zhè zhǒng yào hěn kǔ, xiǎo hái zi bù xǐ huān chī.
This kind of medicine is very bitter; children don't like to take it.
他从小生活很苦，靠自己努力才有了今天。
tā cóng xiǎo shēng huó hěn kǔ, kào zì jǐ nǔ lì cái yǒu le jīn tiān.
His life was full of hardship from a young age; it was through his own hard work that he has what he has today.
Words with 苦
劳苦
láo kǔ
to toil
穷苦
qióng kǔ
impoverished
苦艾
kǔ ài
wormwood
苦难
kǔ nàn
suffering
吃苦
chī kǔ
to bear hardships
苦尽甘来
kǔ jìn gān lái
bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
苦思
kǔ sī
to think hard
苦劳
kǔ láo
toil
同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ
shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows
脱离苦海
tuō lí kǔ hǎi
to escape from the abyss of suffering
苦衷
kǔ zhōng
secret trouble
酸甜苦辣
suān tián kǔ là
lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)